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. 2023 Jan 1;15(1):e33231. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33231

Table 3. ROBINS-I tool for the evaluation of bias.

ROBINS-I: Risk of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions.

Author Confounding Selection of participants Classification of interventions Deviation from intended interventions Missing data Measuring outcomes Selection of the reported result Overall
Andersson et al. [19] Moderate Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Moderate
Bragg et al. [32] Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Brown et al. [20] Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Cohen et al. [21] Serious Moderate Low Low Low Serious Low Serious
Guo et al. [38] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Fung et al. [22] Moderate Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Moderate
Hatch et al. [23] Moderate Moderate Low Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Moderate
Hu et al. [24] Moderate Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Moderate
Leung et al. [33] Serious Moderate Low Low Low Serious Low Serious
Ma et al. [25] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Maserejian et al. [26] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Mirghani et al. [34] Moderate Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Moderate
Park et al. [27] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Rebholz et al. [28] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Sakaki et al. [29] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Samman et al. [35] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Schernhammer et al. [30] Serious Moderate Low Low Low Serious Low Serious
Stamates et al. [39] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Sumorok et al. [37] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Vyas et al. [31] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Yu et al. [36] Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low